Sunday, January 17, 2016

A week after his death, David Bowie has scored his first US No. 1 with his final album, “Blackstar.”

Billboard reports the project sold 181,000 equivalent album units – including 174,000 pure album sales – in its opening week to debut at No. 1 on the Billboard 200.

“Blackstar” bumped Adele's “25” from top spot after that project’s 7-week run at No.1.

Fans remembered the late music icon by placing nine more Bowie efforts on the top 200 chart – including two in the Top 25: the 2002 compilation “Best Of Bowie” lands at No. 4 and 1972’s “The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars” re-enters the list at No. 21.